Enterprise Architect - Greenfield Banking Platform
Sanderson · London · posted 10 days ago
Going rate £54,900UK median £60,288London £74,574
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Occupation
2133IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Going rate for this occupation: £54,900 · UK median pay £60,288
Home Office going rates from
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- UK pay for this occupation
- This role£56,727 to £101,347estimated
- Going rate£54,900
- UK median£60,288
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £35,504 |
| 25th | £45,860 |
| 50th | £60,288 |
| 75th | £81,932 |
| 90th | £100,418 |
| Going rate | £54,900 |
| UK median | £60,288 |
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Enterprise Architect - Banking Transformation, Cloud & AI
Location: Central London - 4 Days p/w Onsite (Mandatory) Contract type, rate and IR35 status: up to £700 Outside IR35
Our client is a UK regulated bank that specialises in cross border payments and foreign exchange into emerging and frontier markets, working with banks, financial institutions, fintechs, governments and international development organisations. It handles currencies and corridors that most global banks won't touch.
The role
The bank is looking for an Enterprise Architect to own the technology strategy and target architecture behind that transformation.
This is not an architecture role run from the sidelines. The bank wants someone hands-on enough to work directly with the engineering and transformation teams, willing to challenge established thinking, and able to translate strategy into delivered outcomes. There is a genuine opportunity to shape the direction of the bank rather than document decisions made elsewhere.
A significant part of the role is defining where emerging technology - AI, agentic architectures, intelligent orchestration and automation - realistically fits into a regulated bank, and making sure any adoption stands up to governance and regulatory scrutiny.
Key responsibilities
Enterprise architecture leadership
Define and own the bank's end-to-end enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap Establish architectural principles, standards and target-state architectures across business and technology domains Align technology investment with strategic business objectives and regulatory requirements Drive architectural governance while keeping delivery moving
Banking transformation
Lead architecture across the major transformation programmes covering core banking, payments, FX, customer platforms, data and cloud Develop the strategy for modernising a complex legacy estate Create pragmatic transition architectures that accelerate transformation while managing operational risk Partner with transformation and delivery teams so the architectural vision is actually executed
Cloud and modern architecture
Design and promote cloud-native, scalable, resilient and secure solutions on AWS Champion event-driven, distributed and microservices-based architecture Drive adoption of modern engineering practice including platform engineering, DevSecOps, API-first design and automation Ensure architectural decisions support resilience, performance, operational efficiency and scalability
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